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The city calling for no eminent domain for a pipeline: Enid Oklahoma
What the City Manager says about eminent domain for the water pipeline? “We don’t even mention that word.”
Will eminent domain be mentioned to any landowner? NO
Enid News and Eagle | City officials: Eminent domain will not be used in pipeline project
The anatomy of reservoir building in Florida:
The reservoir project: a massive 60,000-acre shallow reservoir to stop dirty water in Lake Okeechobee from polluting the coasts and revive South Florida’s wilting marshes
The opposition: Sugar farmers who refused to sell
The legislative action: Deny the use of eminent domain to complete the reservoir
Miami Herald | Vast reservoir is key to state Everglades plan. Federal concerns could derail it.
Why do mountain states allow for private condemnation for natural resources? to encourage natural resource development
How is the private condemnation used in arid regions?
What is private condemnation? It allows landowners the unique ability to condemn another landowner’s property to acquire a right-of-way to construct “ditches, canals and flumes for the purpose of conveying water for domestic purposes,” and for irrigation, mining, manufacturing and drainage, “upon payment of just compensation,”
Which states allow for private condemnation?
Which courts? Federal Courts in Texas
Landowners: 9 Fanin County, TX landowners
Landowners are suing: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Col. Christopher A. Hussin, commander of the corps’ Tulsa district
The reservoir: Lower Bois d’Arc Reservoir in East Texas being built by North Texas Municipal Water District
The legal issue: The federal permit issued by the corps violated federal water and environmental laws
Dallas Morning News | Lawsuit challenges reservoir that would supply water for…
The Campaign: Congressional Candidates for 2nd Congressional District in Tennessee
The Eminent Domain Issue: When the Tennessee Valley Authority was created, land was taken by eminent domain. Legislative proposals seek to privatize the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The Candidate Responses to Privatization and Eminent Domain
State: Louisiana
The legislation to open navigable waters to anglers: HB 391 (LA | 2018) to ” restore anglers’ rights to access public waters”
The opposition to opening navigable waters to anglers:
Supporters of opening navigable waters to anglers:
The Louisiana House vote: 37-59
KALB| Powerful Opposition’ kills public access reform in Louisiana
84% of Texas land base is farm, ranch or timber and Texas legislators and regulators should think of land as infrastructure like:
Trib Talk |Blair Calvert Fitzsimmons| Land is the state’s most critical infrastructure
In true Libertarian fashion, New Hampshire Legislature is considering House Bill 1226 (2018) that exempts from drought restrictions private wells.
What supporters say:
What opponents say: